Article
Effect of interferon therapy on hepatitis C virus RNA in whole blood, plasma, and peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Oct 1998
Schmidt W N, Wu P, Brashear D, Klinzman D, Phillips M J, LaBrecque D R, Stapleton J T
Abstract excerpt
Fifty-two patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection were treated with standard doses of interferon alfa-2b. During treatment, HCV RNA detection was studied in samples of whole blood (WB), plasma (Pl), and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). Individuals were classified as sus...
Topics
- Adult
- Alanine Transaminase
- Antiviral Agents
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C, Chronic
- Humans
- Interferon alpha-2
- Interferon-alpha
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear
